pcl_0537_336_06_54

Puddleby Court Log: 66 Autumn, year 537 of The Ascendancy. 06:54

In the matter of Gurgi v Lilit, accused of “being an evil servant of the undine”

Before the jurors: Goric, Lark, Thwack, Vagile, Tarf, Malkor, Magnar

The Honourable Judge Haengemie, presiding.
With Bellafae serving as Bailiff.

To all who read these precepts, the following transcript of this trial is true and correct, to the best of my knowledge.
Clera, reporting.

[Haengemie] <standard pre-trial court briefing>
[Gurgi] We all know at least some of the particular crimes this woman has committed.
[Gurgi] But i am not here to banter trivial details with this servant of the Undine.
[Gurgi] I am not here to give her another chance to fill our ears with lies. We have all heard enough of those.
[Gurgi] Most of you have come to recognize the lies and half truths she weaves with her forked tongue.
[Gurgi] Her actions and the lies she tells give us all the evidence we need to know that she is a servant of the Undine.
[Gurgi] The undine, puddleby's most deadly enemy,...
[Gurgi] an enemy that very nearly wiped us completely off the face of the earth not long ago,...
[Gurgi] an enemy that, with her help, continues to plot our destruction.
[Gurgi] She is herself perhaps our most dangerous enemy.
[Gurgi] For what greater evil can there be, than that which cloaks itself in the guise of good?
[Gurgi] To allow such a creature free access to our services and protection is outrageous!
[Gurgi] To allow her to continue to poison our society with the evil lies of the undine is foolish!
[Gurgi] Let her seek the protection of her masters if they will have her.
[Gurgi] If she loves her Goddess of the undine...
[Gurgi] If she loves the undine she calls her children so much...
[Gurgi] Ler her go live with them in the dark cave she calls her shrine.
[Gurgi] But i will not have this deadly enemy sitting comfortably in our midst as she plots our demise.
[Haengemie] 10 seconds remaining, Please finish up, or say "done"...
[Gurgi] Bannish her from our Puddleby forever!
[Gurgi] Let us not harbour our enemies within our own walls.
[Gurgi] done
[Haengemie] Thank you, Gurgi
[Haengemie] Lilit, you have 90 seconds to speak, unless the jury deems your testimony irrelevant.
[Lilit] I am an enemy of only the Darshak.
[Lilit] The work I do is for those ends, as many of my friends and supporters know.
[Lilit] Gurgi's efforts are simple persecution.
[Lilit] His accusations are vague and wide...
[Lilit] There is no crime being discussed here.
[Lilit] There is no evidence.
[Lilit] Only his assertions that I am evil.
[Haengemie] 10 seconds remaining, Please finish up, or say "done"...
[Lilit] That is the worst sort of witch hunt.
[Lilit] done
[Haengemie] Thank you, Lilit
[Haengemie] Gurgi, you have 120 seconds to speak, unless the jury deems your testimony irrelevant.
[Gurgi] even now the worm seeks to squirm and wiggle its way out of this.
[Gurgi] Enough i say. Her actions speak clearly enough
[Gurgi] she calls the undine her children
[Gurgi] she uses them against us and protects waht she calls there "shrine"
[Gurgi] let her live with her friends
[Gurgi] she has no place here in puddleby
[Gurgi] would we allow a Greater Wraith to live with us?
[Gurgi] it is equivalent
[Gurgi] done
[Haengemie] Thank you, Gurgi
[Haengemie] Lilit, you have 120 seconds to speak, unless the jury deems your testimony irrelevant.
[Lilit] If you listen to this halfling...
[Lilit] If you do what he says...
[Lilit] You will be bringing all the injustice of the mainland here!
[Lilit] Do we want to be like the Emperor, throwing out all we do not understand?
[Lilit] Should we cave into ignorance and fear?
[Lilit] This is what the Darshak want!
[Lilit] I want my Chapterhouse on this island to flourish!
[Lilit] I do not want to destroy anything here!
[Lilit] My efforts to grow the Nox Sorora are proof of this intent.
[Lilit] I ask now for Sutai to call upon you to open your minds, and end this persecution...
[Lilit] witness: Sutai
[Haengemie] Thank you, Lilit
[Haengemie] Sutai, please approach the witness railing, to the Northeast of the jury box. You have 15 seconds.
[Haengemie] Thank you, Sutai. You have been called to testify in this matter, please state the pertinent facts to the jury.
[Haengemie] Sutai, you have 120 seconds to speak, unless the jury deems your testimony irrelevant.
[Sutai] uh. okay..
[Sutai] purasuma.. I know you is scared of Ririt just because she different
[Sutai] She use a method with undine that is hard to trust..
[Sutai] but has she ever attacked town with undine?
[Sutai] Has anyone notice that they onry attack when we bother them in cave?
[Sutai] Maybe she is helping us.. try and think of that..
[Sutai] and...
[Sutai] PURASUMAAA!!
[Sutai] PURASUMA!
[Sutai] done
[Haengemie] Thank you, Sutai
[Haengemie] <standard jury verdict briefing>
[Bellafae] Bellafae hands Haengemie the jury's verdict.

[Haengemie] Lilit this court finds you guilty, as accused.
[Haengemie] <standard jury sentence briefing>
[Haengemie] Jury, please note: one prior conviction in the past year.
[Haengemie] Jurors, you should take Lilit's record into account when deciding what sentence to recommend.
[Bellafae] Bellafae hands Haengemie the jury's sentencing recommendation.

[Haengemie] Because of outstanding fines still owed from previous convictions...
[Haengemie] I'm going add 10 minutes to the sentence.
[Haengemie] Lilit, you are hereby sentenced to spend 50 minutes in the Puddleby jail,
[Haengemie] and fined 214 coins.
[Haengemie] As you cannot afford to pay your fine, the clerk calculates the balance (136c) as additional jail-time of 19 minutes.
[Haengemie] Also, Clera will help you arrange a payment plan.
[Haengemie] Judge Haengemie bangs his gavel
[Haengemie] This court is adjourned.

Court adjourned at 8:07 on 66 Autumn, 537